Literatur um 1800: Medien- und Gattungsgeschichte

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1005617BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Om Literatur um 1800: Medien- und Gattungsgeschichte te kunnen opnemen, moet je geslaagd zijn voor Literatur und Gegenwart, of dit vak tenminste opnieuw registreren. Geef steeds voorrang aan vakken uit de laagste fase van je opleiding. Als je een verkort programma volgt, kan je dit vak zo opnemen.

Taught in

German

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Inge Arteel (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
75 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course is dedicated to the main authors of the Aufklärung, Sturm und Drang, Klassik and Romantik. Their work is discussed in relation to processes of secularisation, canon formation, opinions about authorship, and genre conventions, mainly concerning drama.
A specific topic of interest is the role of the female protagonists in the dramatic work of Lessing, Goethe and Kleist.

Course material

Course text (Required) : Höhepunkte der Literatur des 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhunderts, Aufklärung,Klassik, Romantik, I. Arteel, VUB, 2220170006031, 2019
Handbook (Required) : Das Schloss Dürande, Joseph von Eichendorff, UB Reclam, Nr. 2365, 9783150185407, 2008
Handbook (Required) : Iphigenie auf Tauris, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, UB Reclam, Nr. 83, 9783150000830, 2001
Handbook (Required) : Der gestiefelte Kater, Ludwig Tieck, UB Reclam, Nr. 8916, 9783150089163, 2001
Handbook (Required) : Penthesilea, Heinrich von Kleist, UB Reclam Nr. 1305, 9783150189689, 2012
Handbook (Required) : Minna von Barnhelm, Lessing, UB Reclam, Nr. 19312, 9783150193129, 2016

Additional info

This course has an interactive design. The students are expected to prepare the texts for each session. They get some questions in advance so as to facilitate their reading and interpretation of the texts. Attendance of the lessons is therefore strongly recommended.

The students individually prepare a thorough presentation of one of the obligatory texts (30 minutes). They use scientific material concerning the text and its author. They rework their presentation into a paper by the end of the semester. This paper counts as written exam.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The students can describe the position of the author in his time.

The students can analyse the relations between the poetics of the period under review.

The students can substantiate the processes of canon formation.

The students can elaborate on the development of the generic conventions of dramatic literature.

The students can perform a scientific analysis (interpretation of a literary text) autonomously.

The students can clear presentation of the results in correct German.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 25% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 25% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Oral Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Note: Two questions that examine insights and cross references. Students get 20 minutes in advance to prepare their answers.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

Note: The written version of the oral presentation, in the format of a full-length paper. The paper has to be handed in one week before the oral exam.

Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Presentation with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

Note: Clear and academic presentation of a thorough literary analysis in correct German.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The exam component "presentation" cannot be transferred to the second exam period. The results for this exam component is transferred to the second exam period.

The students have to pass both the oral and the written exam in order to be able to pass for the exam as a whole.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context